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Olaun Simmons works as town attorney for Dumfries, Quantico

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Olaun Simmons will serve both the towns of Dumfries and Quantico as the Town Attroney.

Simmons is employed by the Town of Dumfries and is paid a part-time salary of $89,144, according to the town budget. Simmons works 32 hours per week at Dumfries.

Quantico contracted with Simmons in September and had agreed to pay Simmons $200 per hour, said Quantico Town Clerk Rita Frazier.

Boyd, Leahy, and Franceson Lawyers in Manassas had been contracted to provide legal services to the town until they resigned, said Quantico Mayor Kevin Brown. The law firm declined to speak with Potomac Local for this story.

Simmons is exited about serving both towns. He submitted this statement to Potomac Local via email: 

I can confirm that I am the new Town Attorney for the Town of Quantico, and it is truly an honor to be able serve the Town of Quantico in this capacity. I accepted the position for the Town Attorney for the Town of Quantico on October 13, 2015, and I plan to serve in this capacity for as long as Council will have me as their attorney. 
 
I have been the Town Attorney for the Town of Dumfries since November 2013, and I am still the Town Attorney for the Town of Dumfries. I am enjoying my tenure as the Town Attorney for Dumfries and I will serve Dumfries in this capacity as long as Council will have me as their attorney.  It’s been an honor to serve the Town of Dumfries as the Town Attorney, and I’m really enjoying working with Town Council and the Town Manager as they continue to move the Town is a positive direction.

Quantico Mayor Kevin Brown identified Simmons this morning in a posted on the town’s Facebook page, noting Simmons would be directed to look into what options the Town of Quantico has when it comes to delaying a decision to treat toxic water at the Possum Point Power Station and release it into the Potomac River.

Kevin Brown posted this on Quantico’s Facebook page:

This afternoon I submitted a letter to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) requesting that they delay approving Dominion Virginia Power’s permit request for (90) days. I made this request for two reasons (1) first, we needed more time to ensure our residents were aware of Dominion’s plan to release millions of gallons of contaminated industrial waste water into Quantico Creek and our Potomac River, (2) and secondly, we need more time to research the specifics of their permit request and try to find out what they intend to put in the water.

Simmons has worked for the Town of Dumfries and has taken up several issues, to include developing a new parking ordinance for the town, pursuing legal action against owners of blighted properties, and working on a new agreement between the town and the owners of Potomac Landfill, a construction debris dump in the town.

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